United Arab Emirates
About Dubai
Dubai is the future as imagined by an ad agency-the world's tallest tower, indoor ski slopes, islands shaped like palm trees, all conjured from the desert in a single lifetime.
Gleaming malls and beach clubs sit minutes from the older creek where wooden dhows still cross laden with cargo. It's a frictionless, sun-drenched stopover built for winter warmth and unapologetic excess.
Under the spectacle it's a crossroads, where a hundred nationalities pass through on the way to somewhere else.
Eat a shawarma, dune-bash into the desert for a barbecue, and brunch beneath the skyline.
Get to Dubai
Round trip from Prague, any dates in November 2026.
Day trips from Dubai
- Half day
Lahbab Desert
~45 min
The red dunes outside the city where desert safaris run at golden hour: dune bashing, camels, sandboarding and Bedouin-style camps under a clean night sky.
- Day trip
Hatta
~1.5 h, ~2 h 
Dubai's mountain exclave in the Hajar range: a turquoise dam lake for kayaking between rock walls, a restored heritage village, and the emirate's only real hiking and mountain-bike trail network.
- Day trip
Abu Dhabi
~1.5 h, ~2 h The capital next door: the blinding white Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque with the world's largest hand-knotted carpet, the Louvre Abu Dhabi beneath its rain-of-light dome, and a corniche of its own.
About United Arab Emirates
Skyline on the desert edge
Glass towers and engineered beaches, dunes an hour inland, and warm-water winters for the months Europe spends grey.
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